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Title: The people's war book; history, cyclopaedia and chronology of the great world war
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: Miller, J. Martin (James Martin), b. 1859 Canfield, Harry S. (from old catalog), joint author Plewman, William Rothwell, 1880- (from old catalog) Foch, Ferdinand, 1851-1929 Lloyd George, David, 1863-1945 United States. President (1913-1921 : Wilson)
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918 World War, 1914-1918
Publisher: Cleveland, O., The R.C. Barnum co. Detroit, Mich., The F.B. Dickerson co. (etc., etc.)
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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The most daring adventure in naval history: The attack on Zeebrugge. In this picture is visualized the scene)history. In the foreground is the Vindictive, which had been fitted with prows to land men on the great half-modto block the channel, are seen in the distance. The Thetis came first, steaming into a tornado of shell-fire from thiin the mud and blown up. The Iphigenia was also beached, according to plan, on the eastern side, her engines beinilthe defenders and the flash of the British and German guns made the dark and artificially fog-laden scene a spectacle t(0
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fie attack on the Alole on April 23 which Admiral Sir Cyprian Bridge describes as the most darmg adventure m navallie, the Mersey ferry boats Iris and Dnffodil heincr shown at each end of her. The three cernent-Iaden cruisers, designed-man batteries ashore. The Intrepid, smoking like a volcano, and with all her guns blazing, followed, and was sunk t going to hold her in position till she became bedded well down at the bottom. The searchlights and star shells of Id. 292 THE PEOPLES WAR BOOK THE AMERICAN NAVY IN THE WAR. Slow in arousing to the truth that theHun must be finally smashed on land inEurope, the United States had no greatarmy prepared when on Good Friday, 1917,its government resolved that Hun outragesand insults could no longer be endured.But its navy was ready. In size it stoodonly fourth or fifth, but in efficiency it wassecond to none. No American will soonforget the thrill of pride he felt when theword came back from England that thefirst destroyer fleet had arrived, and

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